Solpuga 

 schwuiii- 

 furthi 



194 SCOBnONS AND ALLIED ANNULATED SPIDEES OF THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SUDAN 



8. sehweinfurthi, Karsch (Fig. 31) 



K;irsfh, Arch. f. Xnhiiy., 1880, XLVI., I., p. '239, PI. X., tig. 12 

 Kraepcliii, I.e., p. 69 



Cephalothorax clay-yellow : mandible of same colour, frequently with reddish stripes ; 

 ocular prominence with yellow median line ; abdomen with narrow dark median dorsal 

 line, bordered with lighter or (in old females) nearly unicolour light. Maxillary palp 

 and legs yellow. 



Length of truncus, 32 mm. 



Found in the Gour country by Schweinfurth. 



Dffsia 

 ehrenbergi 



6. Genus : Dxsia, Karsch 



J). ehre7i.hergi, Karsch (Fig. 33) 



Kirscli, Jrrh. f. Xrifiny., 18.30, XLVI., I., pp. 270, 237, PI. X., fig. 23 



Mandible pale yellow, cephalothorax yellow in the middle, infumated laterally ; ocular 

 prominence black. Abdomen yellow, with indication of dark median band; maxillary 

 palp rarely light coloured, femur yellow, tibia reddish-brown, metatarsus and tarsus 

 brown, legs yellowish, only femur and tibia of fourth darker. 



Length of truncus, 28 mm. 



Distributed over Egypt, Palestine and Cyprus; recorded also from Nubia (Dongola). 



iiliiviopsis 

 rufescens 



7. Genus : Gluoio-psis, Kraepelin 



G. riifescens, Pocock (Fig. 32) 



Pocock, Ann. May. Nat. JliM. (6), XX., 1897, p. 271 (Hhtsisia] 

 Kraepelin, Mitt. Mas. Hamhunj, XVI., 1899, p. 236; I.e., p. lO.T 



Mandible, cephalothorax and dorsal plates of abdomen yellow to reddish-brown ; 

 maxillary palp reddish-brown, or femur and tibia bicolorated (yellow and black) ; ventral 

 region yellow ; first and second leg yellow, of the third and fourth the greater basal 

 portion is reddish-brown. 



Length of truncus, 15 mm. 



Borders of Eed Sea and Eastern Mediterranean. 



It must be borne in mind that these descriptions are only sufficient for the recognition 

 and distinguishing of the species mentioned above, which are known or expected to occur in 

 the Sudan. These species, however, only represent types of such genera as are expected 

 to occur in the Sudan, and their descriptions are therefore unsatisfactory for any specialist, 

 who would devote himself to an exact and intensive study of this very neglected group. 

 I hope, however, that these notes will incite someone in the Sudan to devote himself to a 

 more extensive collecting of Solifugae, and there is no doubt that that vast and especially 

 favourable country will prove to be rich in species of this group and afford facilities for 

 valuable scientific work for a long time to come. 



